The Hero’s Brother Is Bound To Be Depressed

3 – Irregular Student

Ellie, who met Roel after a long time, talked with Roel with such a joyful expression that even from the sidelines she could see she was excited.

She acted like she didn’t care, but her ears were focused on their conversation as she ate the chocolate cake.

I thought about getting involved in the conversation, hoping that my story would come out. She wondered if there were many things she wanted to say to Roel, whom she had met in a few months. Aye Ellie sat next to Roel and continued the conversation.

Pretend to sneakily pick up the bread. As she looked at them, she bit her lips unconsciously at the sight of the two of them looking so well together that the words ‘good man and fairy’ fit together.

Beside Roel, who is liked and loved by everyone. She felt a deep sense of inferiority for Ross who had to watch it, and in her heart she prayed for her entrance ceremony to end soon.

“Right, Ross. Why are you late today? I was worried!”

Her body flinched and pulled her upper body back as a reflex to Ellie’s question as she suddenly lifted her head.

“… I am lost.”

“Come with me!”

Seeing Ellie talking with regret, I opened her mouth to make an excuse without even realizing it.

If I didn’t do that, she would have thoughtlessly told me that she had set out in advance to get Patulga’s spell book.

Even if you have an 8.3 Intelligence, you can’t help but act stupid in front of the person you love.

Fortunately, Ellie was more interested in talking to Roel than talking to me, so she hasn’t spoken to me since. Let’s spend time eavesdropping on their conversation and brooding over feelings of inferiority.

Professor Leora finally gathered the new students of the Combat Division and took them to her dormitory. She felt the pressure in her chest and the headache in her head ease as she walked out of the banquet hall.

She followed Professor Leora and her new students to the Combat Division dormitory built high on the hill. She entered the huge building and was assigned a six-person room, divided among the incoming students.

After taking out the luggage from the space storage, avoiding the eyes of others. I organized things in the drawer next to the bed.

I sat at the end of the bed, pressing my temples to the point where the headache didn’t go away.

Her feelings for Ellie were so powerful that Ross felt he couldn’t control them. She feels like her head is getting foggy and happy just by being in front of her. It was sure to be a big problem in the future.

She had to think about leaving the academy if she couldn’t do it. Because she didn’t know what she would do if she saw Roel and Ellie kissing.

A possessed possessor with no talent and only a penalty of character. When I was sweeping my face with my hand, thinking that the level of difficulty was too high.

A man with a ribbon representing his second year entered the room and looked inside and met my eyes.

Something started to rise in his chest at the contempt in his eyes. Let’s look at it without avoiding our gaze with a face hardened by an indefinable emotion different from anger.

The man approached me with a puzzled look on his face.

“Hey, you say you’re Roel’s younger brother?”

“… This is Ross.”

Get out of bed and say your name. The man looked at my face with an observant gaze, then let out a choking laugh.

“If it wasn’t for Roel’s request, you would have been half dead by me.”

The man’s words filled his head with an inferiority complex as if exploding. He clearly understands with his head. The fact that I caused harm to others by being late for the entrance ceremony while searching for Patulga’s magic book was purely because of my greed, and that there was nothing to say even if I was criticized.

I couldn’t be afraid of doing something wrong and being criticized after I had a social life with the military. Even if I didn’t do anything wrong, it wasn’t once or twice that I was unfairly criticized.

Nevertheless, I feel repulsed by the man’s words and feel inferior to Roel, who helped me.

Could it be that a nervous breakdown and an inferiority complex go hand in hand to produce this effect?

Did he mistakenly say that he was frightened when he looked down with a serious expression on his face? The man put his hand on my shoulder.

“Still, there are things I received from Roel, so I’ll pass it on once. An incoming student can make at least one mistake.”

I came to my senses when I saw the man speaking as if he was generous, suppressed the feeling of inferiority that was rising in my heart, and answered with difficulty.

“Persimmon, thank you.”

“Yes, if everyone is so excited that it is the first night at the academy and can’t sleep until late, tomorrow’s training will be very difficult. This is advice from a senior who experienced the first night a year ago.”

When the man left the room, releasing his hand from his shoulder, the roommates in the room let out a sigh of relief.

Feeling the awkward stares from my roommates, I felt my head hurt again.

***

With the support of the imperial family, Transcendence Academy, which boasts the best facilities next to the imperial family, existed on the outskirts of the capital.

The kingdoms of the continent, which had been divided into several kingdoms, were unified under the name of an empire. Now non-human monsters, monsters, demons, etc. To defend your empire against various enemies.

Transcendence Academy was the place to gather the talents of the continent in one place, teach competition, and nurture them.

Since it is such a large continent, it is set that the number of academies exceeds 10, but Transcendence Academy, which is supported by the imperial family and has the setting of being the best in the world, has the Combat Department, the Ministry of Magic, the Department of Magic, and the Department of Alchemy. It is divided into 4 parts. Correspondingly, dormitories were also assigned to each faculty.

The Ministry of Magic and the Ministry of Combat, who were talking about my mistakes at the banquet hall, had a kind of antagonistic relationship. The Faculty of Magic and the Department of Pensions were also not on good terms with each other.

Ross joined Roel’s combat team as a junior. It was a setting that made me fall into an inferiority complex, weighed down by the expectation of being the younger brother of the senior in the grade.

Remembering what would happen to me today, I sighed and opened the classroom door marked [107].

Inconsistent with the word medieval, the classroom was designed and developed in the Victorian era.

If it were truly medieval, you’d hear the wooden floor creaking, and you’d use straw bales from somewhere to make a chair. Because this was a fantasy novel.

In the classroom decorated with pure white marble, there are four rows of long desks. Have you already made friends with some of them? They formed a group and occupied one desk.

Sit at the end of the front row. I tried to get out of people’s eyes as much as possible.

Professors and students had some kind of expectation because he is now a younger brother named Roel.

And that expectation was thoroughly shattered today, showing how trash Roel’s younger brother is. It was the day everyone knew why he had entered the academy through special admission.

I obtained Patulga’s spellbook, but there was no way I could use it right away. Excluding the fact that he did not have time to check the magic book, he lacked magical talent due to his innately low magical power.

Intelligence was an abstract concept that meant a high level of understanding rather than simply being smart. That’s why Ross instinctively understood the unbridled gap with Roel from a young age and fell into despair.

“Good morning!!!”

Roughly opening the classroom door. Underneath the clothes, the professor, clearly revealing the overbearing muscles, stood on the podium with a confident gait.

“I am Lycan, a professor of survival methods who will be your father for a year.”

A sigh came out at the word Lycan. She was the first professor in charge of the protagonist of the novel, created for the purpose of bullying him.

Of course, his skills as a professor are excellent enough to teach the hero, but the training was so difficult that even ‘Roel’ felt like giving up several times.

Of course, Roel, like the main character, never gives up. He became the only current student to be recognized by Lycan.

“If you ask what the best faculty in Transcendence is, nine out of ten will answer that it is the Combat Division. The seniors who passed through this place are still fighting for the empire while shedding blood on the northern wall and the eastern border.”

Several students nodded their heads in sympathy with her proud Lycan voice.

After graduating from the academy, they also dream of becoming cool knights, exploring dungeons, and working for the empire.

“The reason why our combat department is superior to other faculties is that it is supported by strong stamina. How to survive in the North? You must have stamina. How to survive the eastern border? It’s also stamina. So, I will increase your physical strength to the limit for one year.”

If a beast smiles, would it look like that? The smiling faces of the students hardened seriously, and I, too, felt uneasy and hardened my face.

“Well then, it’s the first day. Shall we lightly run around the academy instead of taking classes?”

Anxiety immediately turned to despair.

*

As soon as the run was over, we followed Professor Lycan straight to the training ground.

“After checking our skills, we will divide into groups. Bring the weapon that suits you.”

Unlike the students who ran to get a decent sword while looking at the weapons displayed in the training ground, I headed for an oak barrel with a spear in a corner where there was no competition.

If I chose a sword, I could get Roel’s help, but I was sure that Ross’ personality would accept it as a sense of defeat rather than help.

I didn’t even know how to handle a weapon because I had no memory of Ross, so I chose a spear thinking that it would be better to practice spears from now on as I am planning to use space magic and spears.

When you return to your seat with a spear and check the plans in your head. I felt a strange gaze and turned my head, and Lycan was looking at me with a strange expression.

“Student there. What is your name?”

“This is Ross.”

“If it’s a loin…. Are you Roel’s younger brother?”

“… Yes. You’re right.”

Said the lycan, scratching her chin with an expression of discomfort.

“Since he is Roel’s younger brother, I thought he would use a sword. Holding a window, is this unexpected? May I ask why you took up the spear?”

I was taken aback by Lycan’s sudden words. She couldn’t get the idea out of her head, so she had to come up with an excuse as to why she picked up the spear.

“I don’t think I have any talent for swords. I even tried to listen to the window.”

At my answer, the lycan let out a sneering laugh and shook her head.

“The spear is a weapon used only by ordinary soldiers. The lows are higher than the sword, but the highs are low. Among those who aim to become knights, there are extremely few who use spears. There are no professors at the academy who can provide specialized training in spearmanship.”

There was a sword master in the setting, but there was no such thing as a spear master. At least, the characters who used spears as their main weapon were the demon lord’s executives.

But I’m not planning fancy spearmanship. In a way, it’s a cowardly and low-key way of fighting.

“It may be advantageous to hold a spear now, but in a few months the spear will not be able to beat the sword. So if you want to be a knight, take up your sword.”

I felt the eyes of the people around me focus on me at the words of the lycan. Despite the gaze as if I was looking at a protruding angular stone, I answered while holding the spear.

“The window is good.”

Due to the setting, no matter what I choose, I can’t keep up with the hero’s talent. No, even the academy students here would have a hard time catching up with effort.

Besides Roel, it’s a place where the talents of the continent are gathered.

But I didn’t want to give up. If it was just possessing Ross’s body, I could have dropped out of the academy right away and lived happily in search of hidden treasures, but Ross’ personality had a tremendous influence on me.

I don’t have any talent and my abilities are insignificant, but is it because of the setting or my personality? I had a goal in my heart to relieve my inferiority complex at the academy and to be recognized as a man by Ellie. That’s why he didn’t run away from the academy right now.

“Well, I respect your choice.”

I wonder if he was interested in me for not giving up the spear despite his own advice. Immediately, Lycan pointed out the Dalian opponent.

“Since he’s Roel’s younger brother, I’ll have to find a decent partner. Lakar!”

A red-haired first year student named Lacar approached with a sword.

“The two of them are sparring. Roel’s younger brother, the 2nd year chief, and Ramine’s younger brother, the 3rd year’s combat division chief, must be similar.”

Let’s face Lakar as if we were confronting each other. Lycan shook her hand, signaling the start of the match.

I held the spear pole with both hands and cautiously pushed the spear forward and aimed it at it. Before he could swallow his dry saliva, he leaned forward without being able to catch the center of gravity at the strong blow that hit the spear.

Puck!

I lost consciousness for a moment at the pain I felt in my forehead. He collapsed on the floor, barely coming to his senses, and lifted his head. The pitiful eyes were pouring down on me.

“You must have never held a spear before. You don’t seem to have any combat experience.”

Realizing that she was inexperienced at once, the lycan let out a heavy sigh.

“Did you get special admission thanks to Roel? What the hell is the principal thinking….”

As if to sympathize with Lycan’s words, people’s contemptuous gazes at me, who collapsed on the floor, mixed with shame and a sense of inferiority, and I felt a pressure that weighed down on her chest.

I bit her lips and hit her head, feeling dizzy, but forced myself to stand up in the eyes of the people around me.

It was obvious how I would look in the eyes of students who entered the academy through competition based on pure effort and talent.

Just a trash who met her older brother and was lucky enough to enter the school.

Since that was true, I silently picked up the spear that had fallen on the floor, wiping the blood from my torn forehead with the sleeve of my shirt.

“Ross, you should learn the basics. Get out of here and start with basic training.”

At the Lycan’s words, mocking laughter came from around her.

Feeling depressed and looking down. I moved to a corner place.